The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-09-27

proper attention ana care 10 the pa
tients.
In some cases the keepers do not
give proper care and attention to
the patients. On one occasion, a
drunken keeper struck two of the
patients, but he was Immediately
discharged. AS none of them have
ever had any particular training, or
even proper instructions as regards
the care of the insane, it is hardly
to be expected that they should per-
form their duties properly or intelli-
gently.
Charge No. 3. That the keepers
are allowed to entertain lewd wo-
men in the asylum.
One keeper has been allowed to
have his mistress who has lived with
him the past two years as his wife,
and other keepers their wives with
them at night when they were on
duty. AS it has been the custom
of the keepers, who are native Ha-
waiians, to have their wives with
them when they were on duty at
night, and as this keepers mistress
lived with him, the manager thought
there was nothing wrong in allowing
her to come.
Charge No. 4. That visitors are
allowed access to the Asylum with
out restraint, to the injury of the
patients.
Visitors are never allowed around
the Asylum, unless accompanied by
the manager or attending physician.
Charge No. 5. That the manager
does not maintain discipline or pro-
perly attend to his duties.
We find the management very
poor in every department of the
Asylum; but the fault is very
largely with the Government, for no
instructions have ever been given
either to the manager or attending
physician, as regards their duties
or the relations that they should OBJ
serve, one to another.
Charge No. 6. That the manager
employs patients in doing work upon
his private lands, instead of upon
the lands of the Asylum.
The spring from which all of the
drinking water of the Asylum is
obtained is situated on a lot adioin-
ing the Asylum premises, and be-
longs to private individuals. The
manager leased this lot, that he
might CONTROL the water right. He
has cultivated grass upon it, with
the help of the patients, and sold it
to pay the rental. He has also cul-
tivated taro which is not yet ripe,
with the same help and intends
using it for the institution. He has
also employed the patients, to some
extent, upon other lands that he has
near the Asylum. -
Charge No. 7. That the manager
appropriates provisions, which are
supplied by the Government for the
use of the patients, for the use of
his own private visitors, at times
leaving the patients an insufficient
quantity of food.
We do not find that the manager
has appropriated provisions for his
own private table that should go to
the patients, or that he entertains
visitors beyond reasonable exer-
else of hospitality.
Second, as to the condition of the
buildings of the asylum. The build
ings are all in very poor condition,
and are in no way suited for the
purpose for which they are used.
They are past repair and are infest-
ed with vermin. The kitchen and
store rooms, which are presided
over by prisoners from Oahu prison
who do all of the cooking, were in a
filthy condition. The different
rooms through the buildings were
not as neatly kept as they might be,
and the bedding was scant and in
bad condition.
Third, as to the care and treat
ment of patients.
In the first place, there are not
enough attendants to properly care
to patients, and those that are there,
have never had the proper instruc-
ton or training to enable them to
perform their duties as they should.
There are no female attendants at
all, and the dressing, undressing,
and bathing of female patients, is
done by Hawaiian men, no matter
what the nationality of the patient
may be. A large portion Of the
patients are kept in an airing court
during the day, which is hot and I'M
comfortable. Violent cases are
stripped of their clothing, and put
into a stone cell, and kept there a
day or two, with nothing to lie upon,
except the stone floor, and with very
little to eat. AS the attending
! physician is at the Asylum but a
few hours day, the manager or
keeper may confine violent patient,
and keep him confined as long as
they see fit.
During our visit, the patients
were quiet and well-behaved, obey
ing at once the orders of the mana
ger or attending physician. The
food was, for the most part, good,
and of sufficient quantity; but some
of it was bad. The patients are